[Dailydrool] Snoopy-Tu returns to the Ranch!!

[Basset911 at aol.com]

He's just like a Jack in the Box - now you see him, now you don't!!
 
We first met Snoopy-Tu thru email, wherein he was a stray at East Valley  
Animal Shelter. It was near thanksgiving and we were full (as we are again),  
Snoopy was adopted to the general public from the shelter and we archived 
the  photos, and moved to the next hound in need.  Bye Snoopy, have fun in 
your  new home
 
Not to be.
We got a call from our pals at East Valley - Snoopy had eaten a rock and  
had a blockage requiring invasive surgery. the adopter took him back to the  
shelter.  We were called in to save his life as shelters cannot provide  
this type of medical care.  Snoopy-Tu (so named as we had another Snoopy at  
the time_ 1 1/2 years of puppy went straight to Roswinn and had surgery and  
arrived at the ranch 2 weeks ago.  8 days after this surgery, Snoopy-Tu  
managed to pop a suture in his crate and was rushed to the vets office for  
suture repair.
The first surgery was expensive, and suture repair would add a bit more to  
it.
What happened next was life threatening, a one in a million odds and  
became a serious crisis.
 
Snoopy-Tu while in transport to the vet, in a crate, dug his back nail into 
 his intestine, and pulled them out.
That is the simplest way to tell the story. In 48 years of working with  
bassets, in having seen many. many bizarre things, this was the first time I 
had  experienced this particular crisis.  Our amazing Dr. Kim attempted to 
fix  the situation upon our arrival at mach 10, however, he was then required 
to  be transferred to a specialist as several areas of intestine required re 
 sectioning.
All in all it was very stressful, very painful and horribly  expensive!  So 
Expensive that we have made this firstgiving page and are  once again 
asking our friends, supporters and donors to dig deep and help us  replenish the 
funds we had to spend to save his life - it has literally wiped us  out.
 
_www.firstgiving.com/snoopytu_ (http://www.firstgiving.com/snoopytu) 
 
We have graphic photos of the situation, one thing I would definitely like  
to stress to one and all - CUT THOSE NAILS!!!  If this could happen to us,  
and we're used to EVERYTHING or so we thought, imagine how your hound would 
do  in a crisis?  Snoopy-Tu is back at the ranch tonight, I picked him up  
special.  He's on 7 meds and crate confinement for the next 2 weeks  
minimum.  As we were leaving the specialty hospital the techs warned  me:  "He's 
started scratching at his belly - don't let him do that!"
Ummmmm.  Well, those Muttluks are going to come in very very  handy!
 
Thank you for helping Snoopy-Tu - and Janine...... I'm posting a funny  
story about Peal next, don't worry all email from me is not crisis  related!!
 
Hug your hounds
Dawn of the West
Basset Rescue Network at Daphneyland
_www.daphneyland.com_ (http://www.daphneyland.com/) 
661  269-2682

Daily rehabilitation and socialization of up to 100 basset  hounds and some 
mixes - public viewing and visitation are Saturdays &  Sundays from 11 - 5. 
Come and rub bellies in person! Volunteer opportunities  abound!
Join our facebook causes page:  _www.facebook.com/basset911_ 
(http://www.facebook.com/basset911) 
Help keep our doors open to the next hound needing a  helping hand  
_www.firstgiving.com/snoopytu_ (http://www.firstgiving.com/snoopytu) 
 
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